Trying to be honest

I still haven't heard one word on any type of disposition letter from the court system in Savannah. I take my nclex examination on August 19th. I don't know what the BON is going to require me to do at this point. Basically I am just hanging in limbo I guess until after the exam.

I will try and call County one more time and if I can't get any results that way then I do plan on writing the BON and letting them know I have made every effort to get proof this matter was handled and finished nearly three decades ago. Maybe they won't require me to have it.. who knows lol.

have a great day.

I finally got my disposition letter in the mail. I made a copy of it and plan on sending them the original by certified mail, return receipt requested. Sheesh I went through so much trying to get it I definitely want to make sure it doesn't get lost in the mail lol. Being as I used to work for the post office as a sub mail carrier I can assure you this does indeed happen!

As far as them allowing someone to take the test.. from what I gather from some of the posts I have read.. they can still turn you down for licensure even if they have allowed you to test. I probably won't truly relax until I see my name with a license number posted lol.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone,

Well....here is an update on my situation. Once again I guess I just feel the need to vent lol. I took my NCLEX on August 19th and did pass. One hurdle down at least. I also finally received a disposition letter from the court system where my DUI took place all those years ago. I am thinking okay maybe things are finally starting to move along.

I mail the BON my disposition letter via certified mail with return receipt after making myself a copy on August 21st. I definitely wanted to make sure they received it after all the hassle I had in obtaining it. When I get home from mailing the blasted letter there is a message on my answering machine stating that if there is no record of my offense I will need a certified letter stating that. (I had originally told them when I submitted application that there were no records available). I tried to call the representative back at the number left to inform them that the disposition letter was on the way, but she never returned my call.

I checked on Monday the 24th on the USPS website and the certified was delivered to them. During this time I also checked the BON website and they had now added a comment at the bottom of the page that I was being mailed a letter on August 21st and that I needed to read it to finish processing of my application.

So in the .....11-12 days that have ensued from the 21st of August I haven't received ANY letter from the BON. I called the number that had been left on my answering machine back again and left two more messages that were never returned. Finally in desperation I called one more time day before yesterday and I guess the representative must have been expecting her friend to call or something (lol) because she actually ANSWERED the phone. I explain my situation to her and the fact that I had initially been unable to get any record, but finally did obtain a letter and had mailed it to them. I can only surmise this representative HAD to be related to the woman I dealt with to GET the disposition letter because she had the same hateful attitude and I could tell basically she just wanted to get me off the phone. (It is amazing what five years of listening to voices doing medical transcription can tell you about the inflections in a persons voice! lol) She informed me that my file has been sent to "legal" and couldn't tell me WHEN I would hear anything. Her comment was, "It could be a week, it could be two weeks, or it might be a month". I asked if I would have to wait until the board met again to which she replied in the same nasty monotone voice, "It all depends on what legal says"... *Sigh*. So here I sit still waiting. At this point if something doesn't give I am going to have to see if I can find a job doing something else. I have already not worked for a year and a half duing school.... and I wish my name was Rockefellar, but it isn't lolol

Anyhow, thanks for at least listening and I hope you all have a great day!

Hi again,

I live in Georgia and I have heard that the BON here takes their own sweet time to do anything. There are two folks in my nursing class with absolutely nothing on their records who still haven't had their licenses post yet and they took the NCLEX at the same time I did. One of them called me a couple of days ago and asked about mine, as she knew my situation. She stated she had called them to see if she could obtain any information and how nasty they were to her also.

I called the board again myself yesterday morning around 9 a.m. and shocker of all shockers managed to get a lady who was extremely nice. In fact when I told her she was the nicest person I have spoken to so far she laughed and said, "they told me I will grow out of it", to which I replied, "PLEASE DON'T". She listened to my long spiel about how this has been going on for two months now. I asked her if there was a number to the "legal" department so I could call there and was told no. She did however, send an email to the board (she typed this while I was with her) containing the name of the person who had signed for my certified and the fact I had sent the disposition letter in. She also told me it might take up to 12-14 business days before the fact that I had sent the required documents in was entered into the computer. I also explained to her that I had never received the letter the website says I was mailed on the 21st of August. She said she would make sure it was resent... we shall see I guess. While it basically is still just sit here and wait, at least I do feel she was interested in helping me and perhaps what she did while on the phone with me will help in some shape or fashion.

But the real fact is I am soon going to have to make a move. Either go to work as an LPN or else find a job doing something else. I simply cannot continue to just sit at home. While I have a great hubby who works every day I can't continue to subsidize extras we need with dips into our savings and while I have excellent credit... with the CC companies jacking the interest rates up on even folks WITH good credit it is stupid to put yourself into debt with this economy! You are however, right... I am thinking I should have became a Nurse Attorney lolololol. I sure hope this situation ends soon. I am usually a very upbeat and happy person, but I find myself falling into what I can only call a depression. There is only so much housework and yard work a person can do ya know lolol!!

Have a great day!

Ty so much for the well wishes you guys! One of my classmates licenses posted yesterday so maybe eventually they will get around to mine posting. If not I guess I will wait a few days and call yet again. I still haven't received any type of communication from them in letter form or email. The lady I spoke with the other day told me that my bellsouth.net email address tends to kick any emails they send to folks with this addy back to them as spam, which I have never heard of. If anything I would think it would end up in MY spam folder and NOT theirs. I am trying so hard to be patient, but at this point it is terribly hard!

Have a great day!